Migration in Light – Digital Matters Reflection Briefly describe your project and the challenges, lessons learned, and obstacles overcome in the execution of it. What were the professional, academic, and personal motivations underlying your project? Migration in Light is a virtual reality exhibition created to document, preserve,...

Giving Voice to Utah’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons 1.Briefly describe your project and the challenges, lessons learned, and obstacles overcome in the execution of it. What were the professional, academic, and personal motivations underlying your project? The project Giving Voice to Utah’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous...

Mapping Displacement and Reimagining Development: A Mixed-Methods Digital Exploration of  Housing Justice in Salt Lake City 1.Briefly describe your project and the challenges, lessons learned, and obstacles overcome in the execution of it. What were the professional, academic, and personal motivations underlying your project? My project focused...

Faculty Fellows AI's Societal Threats in Support for AI Research and AI Regulation Isabelle Freiling (Associate Professor, Department of Communication ) My Digital Matters research project, titled "AI’s Societal Threats in Support for AI Research and AI Regulation,” will examine public perceptions of and reactions to different threats...

Digital Matters is thrilled to announce the addition of new Faculty and Graduate Fellows to our team for the Fall of 2025. These individuals bring with them a wealth of knowledge and experience that will undoubtedly contribute to the field of digital humanities and we...

When Research Hits Home: Rethinking Extremism Through Localized Research Academic research has long faced criticism for its detachment from the communities it studies, contributing to the Academy’s reputation as an “ivory tower.” In response, ethnographic methods emerged to center “thick descriptions” of social life, rooted in...

Digital Matters is thrilled to announce the addition of new Faculty and Graduate Fellows to our team for the Spring of 2025. These individuals bring with them a wealth of knowledge and experience that will undoubtedly contribute to the field of digital humanities and we...

Briefly describe your project and the challenges, lessons learned, and obstacles overcome in the execution of it. What were the professional, academic, and personal motivations underlying your project? I view this project as divided into three areas of research that all work together to create the...